Snowbelt
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The Snowbelt, Snow Belt, Frostbelt, or Frost Belt is the region near the Great Lakes in North America where heavy snowfall in the form of lake-effect snow is particularly common. Snowbelts are typical
Lake-effect snow is the cause of the regional nickname.
Northeast Ohio Primary and Secondary Snow Belts
Snow country (Japan)
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Snow country refers to areas in Japan characterized by heavy, long-lasting snowfalls.
Snowbelt
…the Siberian winter high pressure system pick up moisture while crossing the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk and release it as heavy snowfall in Japan's snow country. Sweden's east coast can be affected by similar conditions, particularly in the early winter when there is little ice on the Baltic Sea…
A yukiguni landscape in the Niigata Prefecture
A snow wall on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (Toyama)
Tōkamachi (Niigata) city hall in January 2006
Electronic sign warns of avalanche danger near Tsunan, Niigata